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Looking at the clock (1st half)

— From NBC's Lauren AppelbaumHere are our counts for how long each candidate spoke during the first part of the debateRomney -- 7:03, during 9 timesMcCain -- 5:09, during 4 timesGiuliani -- 5:08, during 9 timesThompson -- 4:38, during 4 timesHuckabee -- 4:14, during 5 timesPaul -- 3:27, during 4 timesTancredo -- 2:20, during 4 timesHunter -- 2:16, during 3 times

One note -- Huckabee did not get a chance to speak until 26 minutes into the debate, and Paul did not get his chance until more than a half hour into the debate.